Margrethe Voll Storaas´ ph.d. defence successfully completed; opposition given

The last couple of days I have been in Oslo, in relation to the ph.d. defence of Margrethe Voll Storaas at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, at the occasion of her ph.d. thesis "As Agent and Environment: A Biosemiotic Understanding of the Moving Body within Ecology and Technology through Case Studies in Sport". I acted as first opponent, along with second opponent Kathinka Evers (Uppsala University, Sweden), while Ørnulf Seippel was internal committee member. Margrethe started the day by giving the trial lecture "The ecology of the non-human body in the Anthropocene: Comparing the human and non-human body", on our indication. She completed the ph.d. defence successfully. The day ended on her doctoral dinner at the restaurant Park 29 in downtown Oslo.

Involvement in ph.d. assessment and defense of Margrethe Voll Storaas

Earlier this year I have taken part in the assessment of the ph.d. thesis of Margrethe Voll Storaas for the  Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (specifically their Department of Sport and Social Sciences), along with Ørnulf Seippel and Kathinka Evers. In a couple of weeks I will act as first opponent at her public ph.d. defense, which has been scheduled for October 17th (see announcement).

Programme:

10.15–11.00 Trial lecture on the topic “The ecology of the non-human body in the Anthropocene: Comparing the human and non-human body" 

13.00–16.00 Public defense of the thesis "As Agent and Environment: A Biosemiotic Understanding of the Moving Body within Ecology and Technology through Case Studies in Sport" followed by a discussion 

In addition to in person attendance, it will also be possible to watch the defense live on the YouTube channel of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

6 scheduled appointments including ph.d. defense and related events

Today I have attended 5 scheduled appointments, and will attend one more this evening, namely a dissertation dinner. So far today I have among other things attended the trial lecture and ph.d. defense of Ida Holth Mathisen.

5 job interviews

Today I have chaired 5 trial lectures and job interviews, related to a call for associate professors in psychology to be recruited by our department.

Altogether this week I have had 10 scheduled meetings, conducted 5 job interviews and had 1 day of HMS training.

A ph.d. defence chaired - and a meeting attended

Today I have chaired a ph.d. defence for the third time. The candidate was Steinar Vee Henriksen, who defended his thesis "Norwegian police training for and use of force". He also gave the trial lecture "Theories and approaches to simulation-based training of critical decision-making at the sharp end". At the end of the day he was a doctor. The committee consisted of Kerstin Eriksson, Mikkel Bøhm and Morten Sommer. Some 35 people attended the digital ph.d. defence.

Later in the day I attended a meeting in the faculty administration related to presentation of research activities on new webpages which are to launch in October.

Two firsts: A digital ph.d. defence and a Zoom meeting

Today I have attended/watched the trial lecture and beginning of ph.d. defence of Nina Hjertvikrem (UIS Business School). This was the first digital trial lecture and ph.d. defence ever at University of Stavanger - and was held partaking in the ph.d. programme in social sciences, which I am heading.

I have also attended my first Zoom meeting - in the biosemioticians´ cave, as it were.

Trial lecture attended

Today I attended a trial lecture by Ahmed Bawa Kuyini Abubakar (via videolink) at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies.